Shutter

Chapter 31 - Grocery

"Why are you smiling like that?" Kael asked while walking inside the supermarket to grab some groceries for Soren's empty penthouse.

"Nothing..."

The actor usually isn't at home most of the time when he is busy with interviews and being a guest in shows or if he is, he would rather have his men order it for him. He isn't picky with a lot of food but he does have things he didn't like.

But now, he especially took this as an opportunity to work some time off from work and allowed his management to reject any invitations to him for the rest of the year because Mikhail was finally here with him.

He no longer had the desire to work as an actor nor did he wish to be apart from the man. Though he might have a few withdrawals from wanting to be seen in public, he was pretty sure that it was over for him.

The most important thing he should focus on right now is how to win this man right here who was looking left and right at the shelves trying to look for food he wanted to eat.

Soren was covered from head to toe because, with his reputation, he didn't want anyone to crowd them and hinder their grocery shopping. Just a single tweet of Soren's current location and who he was with would be over for his anticipated grocery day.

On top of his head was a hat and covering a majority of his face was a black mask. His eyes, too, were shrouded by some sunglasses he found in his cabinet drawer.

Kael, on the other hand, was just wearing his bare face as if it was the most common thing he does in his daily life.

'He should be the one wearing the disguise,' Soren sweatdropped as he looked back and flinched at the sight of the cameras secretly peeking from behind the shelves and people who pretended to pass by holding their phones.

It was worse than having people come directly at you asking for photos or crowding you because this is a lot creepier.

The moment Mikhail got out of the car, he was instantly met by people in the parking lot gawking their eyes at him as if they had seen a beauty that came from their deepest desires.

Unlike Soren's popularity where people would practically fight each other to get a spot closer to him, Kael's was something else. Even with his mask, hat, and sunglasses, Soren could feel an enormous number of eyes watching their every move.

Everywhere he looked, there would be someone pointing their phone's camera at Mikhail or people purposefully walking past right in front of him to take a closer photo of his face.

It was unnerving Soren so much.

Having enough of the annoyance from the first minute they got here, Soren got his phone out and dialed one of his men's numbers. After a few rings, the person responded.

"Hello, boss?"

"Take care of the people taking pictures of Kael. They're annoying."

"Should we kill them?"

"No. Do something that wouldn't disturb our shopping."

Soren did it so discreetly that Mikhail who was a few rows in front of him didn't notice it even. Once he was assured that the prying eyes would soon disappear, he pushed the cart closer to Mikhail and decided he would help look for groceries even though it wasn't his best skill in life.

"What are you looking at?" He asked as he left the cart near them and went to stand behind Mikhail who was looking at some pack of soap sold in bundles.

"Thoughts?" Mikhail showed him but Soren shook his head.

"Shower gels."

"Alright." The young master placed the soap back on the shelves and he continued walking forward.